Charles veeo



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G. VERO.

MANUPAGTURB 0F FELT HATS.

No. 392,648. Patented Nov. 1.8, 1888.

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m l l @V FIG] STATES CHARLES VERO, OF ATHERSTONE, COUNTY OF WARVIOK, ENGLAND.

MANUFACTURE OF FELT HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392.648, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed February G, 1888.

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES VERO, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Atherstone, in the county of Warwick, England, hat-n1anufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Method of the Manufacture of Felt Hats, of which the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of fur-faced, plated, or veneered napless hats, especially those with felted bodies of wool and fur, or mixtures of the same, soft or slightly proofed; but it is also applicable to semi-proofed or hard hats.

For plating or veneering accordingr to my invent-ion, I-place the felted bodies, soft or stiff cned, into a rotating cylinder1 whose ends are perforated to admit steam or other aeriform fluid, preferably steam, as hereinafter. described. The cylinder is fixed inside a steamtight box and revolved from the outside, steam being admitted into the box and passing through the perforated ends into the cylinder, softening` and heating the hat-bodies. Fixed inside the curved surface of the cylinder there are longitudinal strips or ledges. A suitable aperture is made in the cylinder for introducingthehat-bodies and the fur or fur dust. 'Ihe ledges distribute the fur dust and aid in revolving the bodies, so that all are quickly and evenly plated by friction and the moist hot vapor. I take out the bodies and straighten and turn through as often as required. If the bodies are for soft hats, when sufficient fur has been plated on I give them two or more rounds through a planking-niachine, as in felting, which effectually secures the short fur or fur Serial No. 263,078. (No model.)

dust to the surface of the bodies. For proofed or semi-proofed bodies, I give them a round in a hand-planking kettle in ahair-sticking cloth.

Figure l is an end view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 3 is a transverse section, Fig. 4L is a plan, and Figs. 5 and 6 are side and end views, of the cylinder.

In the gures, A is a cylinder, into which the felted hat-bodies are placed. Itis provided on the inside with longitudinal bars B, a door, C, and perforated ends D D, which carry projecting shafts E E, which form the axis about which the cylinder A turns. This cylinder is placed within a box, F, and is driven by a pulley, G, fixed outside thebox F on one of the shafts E. The box F has a false bottom, H, and a steam-pi pe, I, leads into the space below this false bottom, admitting steam, which, rising up, enters the cylinder through the perforated ends. A pipe, J, is provided for the escape of the condensed water.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is The process herein described of manufacturing fur-faced, plated, or veneered hapless hats by mixing, agitating, and thoroughly intermingling the bodies with fur or fur dust in a loose condition in thepresence of heated aeriforni fiuid.

OH ARLES VERO.

'Witnessesz RUSSELL JOLLY, JOHN A. DARBY. 

